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Mamie Van Doren

Born 1931 · Rowena, South Dakota, USA · Active 1950–2023

Mamie Van Doren, born in 1931, emerged as a defining figure of 1950s cinema, embodying the allure of the blonde bombshell. She starred in Untamed Youth (1957), where she played a rebellious teen caught in a whirlwind of exploitation and escapades. Her role in Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959) showcased her ability to navigate the gritty underbelly of crime and glamour. With a career that spanned various genres, including teen dramas and rock and roll films, Van Doren remains a significant presence in the cult film landscape, celebrated for her contributions to the genre.

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The Navy vs. the Night Monsters

1966 ★ 4.2

as Nora Hall

Beware of the Night Crawlers ... their clutches will disintegrate you!

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Bettie Page Reveals All

7.0 2013 R

The world's greatest pin-up model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her fre...

Running Wild

0.0 1955 NR

To get evidence against a crooked garage owner, a rookie cop masquerades as a hard case who wants a...

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

3.0 1968 NR

In 1998, six months after the collision of a meteor and subsequent explosion of a rocket sent to Ven...

Free Ride

4.0 1986 R

A group of teenagers borrow a car, unaware that gangsters have stashed mob money in it. The gangster...

The Las Vegas Hillbillys

4.0 1966 G

A Tennessee family discover they have inherited a Las Vegas casino and excitedly set out to Nevada t...

The Girl in Black Stockings

5.0 1957 NR

A lodge in Kanab, Utah, is where Los Angeles lawyer David Hewson goes for a peaceful vacation. He qu...

The Big Operator

6.0 1959 NR

Ruthless union leader "Little Joe" Braun (Rooney) is due to face questioning from a Senate committee...

Teacher's Pet

7.0 1958 NR

Journalism instructor Erica Stone (Doris Day) asks journalist James Gannon (Clark Gable) to speak to...

Sex Kittens Go to College

3.0 1960 NR

The Collins College's state-of-the-art computer, Sequential Auxiliary Modulator (S.A.M.) or Thinko,...

Guns Girls and Gangsters

6.0 1959 NR

Chuck Wheeler is released from prison and plans an elaborate heist of an armored truck carrying mone...

The Candidate

5.0 1964 NR

Samantha (Mamie Van Doren), a hard working modern woman who, because of a chance encounter with sena...

The Beat Generation

5.0 1959 NR

At a fashionable Los Angeles jazz bar, handsome Stan Hess reads philosophy and is unresponsive when...

His Kind of Woman

6.0 1951 NR

Down on his luck, professional gambler Dan Milner accepts a mysterious job that will take him out of...

3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt

4.0 1964 NR

An out of work Method actor is hired by a stripper, a male model, and a car salesman to listen to th...

Untamed Youth

4.0 1957 NR

Sisters Jane and Penny are arrested for hitchhiking on their way to Los Angeles when they stop for a...

Vice Raid

5.0 1959 NR

Police Sgt. Whitey Brandon works for the Vice Squad and is determined to beat corruption in the city...

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve

4.0 1960 NR

A bus heading toward Reno, Nevada, is being driven by Doc Bayles, whose passengers include a traveli...

Girls Town

3.0 1959 NR

Fred Alger, a member of the hot-rod group known as the Jaguar Gang, takes a girl to a cliff side mak...

Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB

E! True Hollywood Story

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020

Filmography

66 credits

2020s 3 credits

2023

Commitment to Life as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2022

Mission Peace: Staunch Moderates Documentary

Movie ★ 6.0

2020

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self

Movie ★ 6.5

2010s 7 credits

2017

Mansfield 66/67 as Self

Movie ★ 4.8

2016

Pin-Up, the Revenge of a Sex Symbol

Movie ★ 8.5

2014

The Outrageous Sophie Tucker as Self

Movie ★ 7.0

2013

Bettie Page Reveals All● as Self

Movie ★ 6.8

2012

The American Tetralogy as Mazu or The Goddess of the Sea

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2012

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self

Movie ★ 7.4

2010

Boobs: An American Obsession as Self

Movie ★ 5.5

2000s 5 credits

2003

Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)

Movie ★ 8.0

2003

Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Movie

2002

Slackers as Mrs. Van Graaf

Movie ★ 5.2

2002

Cleavage

Movie ★ 6.0

2000

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies as Self

Movie ★ 9.0

1990s 3 credits

1999

Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s as Self (archive footage)

Movie

1996

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

Movie

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

TV ★ 8.2

1980s 4 credits

1987

Hollywood Uncensored as Self

Movie ★ 5.4

1987

Glory Years as Minnie

Movie ★ 6.0

1986

Free Ride● as Debbie Stockwell

Movie ★ 3.1

1986

L.A. Law as Mamie Van Doren

TV ★ 7.1

1970s 4 credits

1978

Vega$

TV ★ 7.0

1975

That Girl from Boston as Princess Tassel

Movie ★ 9.0

1970

Hollywood Blue as (archive footage)

Movie ★ 10.0

1970

The Arizona Kid as Girlfriend

Movie ★ 5.0

1960s 14 credits

1968

The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)

Movie ★ 6.6

1968

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women● as Moana

Movie ★ 3.3

1967

You've Got To Be Smart as Lynn Hathaway

Movie ★ 4.7

1966

The Navy vs. the Night Monsters● as Nora Hall

Movie ★ 4.7

1966

Las Vegas Hillbillys● as Boots Malone

Movie ★ 4.0

1965

Mister Roberts

TV ★ 8.3

1964

3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt● as Saxie Symbol

Movie ★ 3.5

1964

The Candidate● as Christine Ashley

Movie ★ 6.6

1964

In the Wild West as Olivia

Movie ★ 5.0

1963

Burke's Law as Aurora Knight

TV ★ 6.3

1961

An American Girl in Buenos Aires

Movie ★ 8.0

1960

College Confidential as Sally Blake

Movie ★ 6.5

1960

Sex Kittens Go to College● as Dr. Mathilda West, aka Tassels Monclair

Movie ★ 3.3

1960

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve● as Evie Simms / Eve

Movie ★ 4.3

1950s 24 credits

1959

Vice Raid● as Carol Hudson

Movie ★ 6.2

1959

The Beat Generation● as Georgia Altera

Movie ★ 5.2

1959

Girls Town● as Silver Morgan

Movie ★ 3.8

1959

The Big Operator● as Mary Gibson

Movie ★ 6.0

1959

Guns Girls and Gangsters● as Vi Victor

Movie ★ 5.9

1958

High School Confidential! as Gwen Dulaine

Movie ★ 5.5

1958

Teacher's Pet● as Peggy DeFore

Movie ★ 6.8

1958

Born Reckless as Jackie Adams

Movie ★ 3.9

1958

The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina as Sabrina

Movie ★ 8.3

1957

The Girl in Black Stockings● as Harriet Ames

Movie ★ 6.1

1957

Untamed Youth● as Penny Lowe

Movie ★ 4.1

1956

Star in the Dust as Ellen Ballard

Movie ★ 5.1

1956

The Steve Allen Show as Self

TV ★ 6.2

1955

Running Wild● as Irma

Movie ★ 7.5

1955

The Second Greatest Sex as Birdie Snyder

Movie ★ 7.8

1955

Ain't Misbehavin' as Jackie

Movie ★ 7.5

1954

Francis Joins the WACS as Bunky Hilstrom

Movie ★ 6.1

1954

Yankee Pasha as Lilith, Harem Slave

Movie ★ 5.3

1954

A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self

Movie ★ 8.0

1954

Hawaiian Nights as Glamour Girl

Movie ★ 3.0

1953

The All American as Susie Ward

Movie ★ 6.0

1951

Footlight Varieties as Blonde in theater

Movie ★ 3.3

1951

His Kind of Woman● as Lodge Guest at Bar (uncredited)

Movie ★ 6.8

1950

What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

TV ★ 7.0

s 1 credit

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Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell as Self

Movie

Crew Credits

s 1 credit

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Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell Executive Producer

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